Save Our Skies

Ways You Can Help Save Our Skies

Help safeguard U.S. aviation jobs and the future of the entire industry! Learn more about the challenges facing airline pilots today, and the simple actions you can take to help our industry rise above the noise.

Massive Subsidies Undermine Fair Competition

We welcome robust competition on a level playing field. But with these state-owned airlines taking advantage of unprecedented subsidies, the playing field is decidedly not level. Sign the Petition for Open and Fair Skies.

The Impact of Foreign Competitors on the American Economy

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The American airline industry supports nearly 584,000 jobs.

The U.S. airline industry represents 5% of America’s GDP.

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America lost 140,000 U.S. airline jobs in the past decade.

The U.S. airline industry directly supports more than half a million jobs across the country. Losing international routes to state-owned foreign carriers will eliminate tens of thousands of jobs for American pilots, flight attendants, and mechanics.

U.S. Taxpayers Are Propping Up Foreign Airlines

When the U.S. government provides handouts to state-owned foreign carriers, it is choosing foreign companies over its own airline industry. When the U.S. government opens a customs and immigration preclearance facility in a country where U.S. airline pilots don't fly, it is choosing foreign airlines over its own airline industry. Not a single U.S. tax dollar should support resources and staffing at a foreign airport when it could help streamline security here at home.

$7.9 Billion in taxpayer dollars were used to support foreign airlines via the Ex-Im Bank in 2013

88% of flights between the United States & the 3 Middle Eastern hubs were flown by state-owned foreign airlines in January 2014

52% of flights from existing preclearance facilities are flown by US airlines. 0% of flights from the new Abu Dhabi facility would be flown by US airlines.

Stop US Loans to Foreign Airlines Who Don't Need Them

The Export-Import Bank is supposed to finance export deals that support the US economy, not take away US aviation jobs. However, it is loaning money to government-sponsored foreign airlines that already have unlimited access to cash and cheap fuel. These foreign airlines are using these loans, backed by US taxpayers, to increase their fleet and capacity in order to steal routes from US airlines. It’s time to reform the bank.

There Is Too Much on the Line Not to Take Action

Save Our Skies (SOS) is a national campaign advocating for policies that protect U.S. aviation jobs and the future of the U.S. aviation industry – which are at risk in a global marketplace that favors foreign, state-owned airlines. These airlines, most of which are provided unlimited cash and cheap fuel by their governments, are scheming their way into U.S. markets – thus taking routes and business away from U.S. carriers. On top of that, our very own U.S. government regularly provides taxpayer-funded handouts to these foreign airlines who simply do not need the money. SOS attracts and engages people from across the nation who support a level playing field for the U.S. aviation industry.

Deny NAI: Let’s Finish the Job

The clock is ticking for the U.S. Department of Transportation to make a final decision on whether to deny Norwegian Air International’s scheme to fly into the U.S. We’ve won the first battle in this fight, but we need your support now more than ever to put pressure on DOT, the White House and Congress to protect U.S. aviation jobs. ALPA members, engage today; join the Call to Action!

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